Background

Approach of Project

The report will be collating specific sections of this data pertaining to countrywise policy responses, consumption pattern, youth and alcohol, levels of consumption and harms and consequences.

Information on Data

This report is being created using the data from the GISAH (Global Information System on Alcohol and Health) tool of the World Health Organisation. GISAH tool helps monitor trends relating to alcohol consumption across various age groups, side effects (harm caused) as well as the policy responses by different countries.

Makers

Team Name: Hayaku

Researchers:

• Kexin Xu
• Smriti Vinayak Bhat
• Yalong liu
• Yin Shan Ho

Infographic of Policies

Effectiveness of Policy Actions

Policies being favored by countries across years 2010-2016

Analysis

• There are 10 main areas of Policy Actions that the effectiveness are measured for. From the figure of Policies favored across countries from the years 2010-2016, it is visible that ‘Leadership, awareness and commitment’ policies are the ones that are being favored by most countries.
• Upon checking the largest decreases in per capita alcohol consumption it is visible that this policy has only 1 entry.
• However upon checking the largest increases in per capita alcohol consumption it is visible that this policy has 5 entries.
• This shows that the governments of the different countries may not be taking the most efficient of routes.

  Action Area	mean
  Reducing the negative consequences of drinking and alcohol intoxication	-0.1967742
  Monitoring and surveillance	-0.1297297
  Pricing policies	-0.1004082
  Reducing the public health impact of illicit alcohol and informally produced alcohol	-0.0850000
  Availability of alcohol	-0.0640541
  Drink-driving policies and countermeasures	-0.0428125
  Health services’ response	-0.0420290
  Community and workplace action	-0.0132000
  Marketing of alcoholic beverages	-0.0072727
  Leadership, awareness and commitment	0.0222872

• From the table we can see that the most efficient action area seems to be - Reducing the negative consequences of drinking and alcohol intoxication
• While the least efficient area is - Leadership, awareness and commitment
• One area of relief is that the second most efficent action area i.e., Monitoring and surveillance, is also the second most used strategy by countries across the world.

The biggest dip in consumption was seen in Mongolia in the year 2013 after the step - International alcohol study..

The biggest spike in consumption was seen in Spain in the year 2014 after the step - Si estás embarazada, con el alcohol no hay excusas [If you are pregrant, there is no excuse for alcohol]. Menores ni una gota de alcohol [Minors, not a drop of alcohol]. Media campaigns aimed at both minors and pregnant women implemented by Ministerio de Sanidad [Ministry of Health] and Federación Española de Bebidas Espirituosas [Spanish Federation of Spirit-based Beverages].